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By Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN (CNN) — A bipartisan group of US lawmakers traveled to Turks and Caicos to press for the release of five Americans detained on ammunition possession charges – but encountered resistance from officials on the island, the group announced Monday. The Americans were all arrested in recent months in the British Overseas Territory,

By Inke Kappeler and Sana Noor Haq, CNN (CNN) — An aristocrat suspected of planning to overthrow the German government appeared in court on Tuesday, as part of a mammoth trial exposing an alleged far-right plan to storm the country’s parliament. Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss, 72, is accused of leading the plot, which would have

By Duarte Mendonca and Sophie Jeong, CNN (CNN) — One person has died and 30 others were injured on board a Singapore Airlines plane that encountered severe turbulence on a flight from London to Singapore, the airline said Tuesday. The Boeing 777-300ER plane diverted to Bangkok, according to a post on the Singapore Airlines Facebook page.

By Jo Munnik, for CNN (CNN) — It’s early morning in Sera Community Conservancy in Northern Kenya and sunlight beats down across this expansive semi-arid landscape. Birds calling and boots crunching are the only sounds for miles as a team led by Kenyan wildlife veterinarian Dr. Mukami Ruoro-Oundo carefully tracks white rhinos — the first

By Xiaofei Xu and Jessie Yeung, CNN (CNN) — A knife-wielding man who attacked people on a train car in the central Taiwanese city of Taichung early Tuesday was subdued by passengers, according to authorities. The attack came on the tenth anniversary of a deadly knife rampage on Taipei’s metro that shocked an island with

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Celebrities, industrialists and politicians cast their vote in the world’s biggest democracy as polls opened in India’s financial capital during a weekslong nationwide election, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking another five-year term. Voting took place in six constituencies across Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra,

By Jessie Yeung and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — The body of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has arrived in Tehran as part of funeral ceremonies scheduled to run over several days, according to state-run news agency IRNA. A video broadcast by state media shows the presidential plane arriving at Tehran’s Mehrabad airport, carrying Raisi’s coffin.

CNN By Jessie Yeung and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — Funeral ceremonies are set to begin on Tuesday for the late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi following his death in a helicopter crash, as authorities probe what caused the aircraft to smash into the side of a remote mountainside during foggy weather on Sunday morning. Raisi’s

CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Mick Krever, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Near the Russian border, Kharkiv region, Ukraine (CNN) — Dusk brings an urgent race to hide before dark. The “Code 9.2” drone unit, from the 92nd assault brigade, are moving into a new launch position from where they are about to conduct a rare

By Nick Paton Walsh, Mick Krever, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Near the Russian border, Kharkiv region, Ukraine (CNN) — Dusk brings an urgent race to hide before dark. The “Code 9.2” drone unit, from the 92nd assault brigade, are moving into a new launch position from where they are about to conduct a rare and potent mission: